Los Todos Santeros
“The indigenous seem to understand instinctively what I want from them; we communicate with looks and gestures. The most important thing is empathy and mutual trust. This is a formula that has never failed me.”
—Los Todos Santeros, Hans Namuth,
7th Annual Photo Issue of Revue Magazine
To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
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The Antigua Photography Club
The local community of photographers will officially introduce itself to La Antigua this month with its first
collective exhibit.
The sentiment is a common one and spills from the lips of most residents and visitors alike: walking the streets of the quintessentially colonial town of La Antigua is like walking through a living painting, an everlasting [...]
Postcards from the Park
text/photos by Melba Milak
The city of La Antigua Guatemala is laid out in a simple grid: seven avenues running north and south and 10 streets going east and west. In the center of town is a park (Plaza Mayor), the heart and soul of the whole area.
The atmosphere in the park is carefree and carnival-like. [...]
Thor Janson
Wildlife conservationist, photographer, author, adventurer, environmentalist and educator
The volcano Pacaya in Guatemala began erupting more dramatically than usual one day several years ago, and nature photographer Thor Janson rushed to the slopes to take pictures for his files.
“By 4 o’clock Pacaya was spewing molten lava several hundred meters into the air every 30 to [...]
ISTMO
With stunning aerials by internationally acclaimed photographer Ange Bourda, a new book featuring unique views of Central American sights, including volcanoes, beaches and rainforests, will debut in Guatemala in January 2009.
Titled ISTMO (Isthmus), the colorful hardcover book contains 160 remarkable photos by Bourda, a widely published French photographer who considers Guatemala his adoptive home. In [...]
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